Carlos Menem
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Carlos Saúl Menem was an Argentine politician who served as the president of Argentina for ten years, from 1989 to 1999. He identified as Peronist, serving as President of the Justicialist Party for 1
Official portrait, 1995
Carlos Menem and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1997)
Menem, in the 1999 campaign
Menem with Bill Clinton in June 1993
Fernando de la Rúa
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Fernando de la Rúa was an Argentine politician who served as the President of Argentina from 1999 until his resignation in 2001. A member of the Radical Civic Union, he previously served as national s
Carlos Menem
…Nation would have the power to propose new judges, and the Necessity and Urgency Decrees would have a reduced scope. Despite the internal opposition of Fernando de la Rúa, Alfonsín got his party to approve the pact. He reasoned that Menem would be supported by the eventual referendum, that many legislators would turn to…
Official portrait, 1999
Advertisement for the September 1973 general elections, for the Ricardo Balbín-Fernando de la Rúa ticket
Fernando de la Rúa takes the oath of office next to his vice-president Carlos Álvarez.
De la Rúa prepares a speech after the resignation of his vice president, Carlos Álvarez. He is with his son Antonio de la Rúa and the secretary Darío Lopérfido.